Teaching Kids the Economics of Life - Junior Achievement of ...

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Gift In Kind
2006-2007
Alpha Full Service Salon & Spa
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Bayer Properties Incorporated
Browning’s Restaurant & Brewery
Business First of Louisville
Camberly Brown Hotel
Cardinal Club
Chrysalis Ventures, Inc.
Clark’s Snacks
Comedy Caravan
Consumers Choice Coffee, Inc.
Coolbaker’s
Creative Alliance, Inc.
Creative Restaurants, Inc.
dba/Steak n’ Shake
Curves Audubon Park
Dairy Queen Corp. Stores, Inc.
Derby Dinner Playhouse
Doll’s Market
ERJ Dining, LLC
Fiducial
Fifth Third Bank
Focal Point Productions, Inc.
French Lick Resort & Casino
GRI Promotions
Heine Brothers’ Coffee
Herb Jones Nissan
Highland Cleaners, Inc.
Historic Locust Grove
Hooter’s
Jillian’s Entertainment Corporation
Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center
KFC Corporation
Louisville Science Center
Louisville Slugger Museum
Main Line Broadcasting
Mike Linnig’s Restaurant
Mountjoy & Bressler, LLP
Norton Healthcare
P.F. Chang’s
Papa John’s International, Inc.
Publishers Printing Company
Radio Disney
RockWall Bistro
Sleepy Hollow Golf Course
Sounds Unlimited Productions
Star of Louisville
Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company
Texas Roadhouse
TGI Fridays
The Louisville Ballet
The Louisville Zoo
Thomas Edison House
TW-Indiana, LLC
Unique Concepts
Unisource
Ward, Tyler & Scott/
WT&S Title, LLC
Welch Printing Company, Inc.
White Castle System, Inc.
YMCA - Downtown Branch
Businesses Support Students!
It is the partnership between JA and local volunteers
that brings JA’s life-changing economics programs to
life.
And, it is the corporate sponsors “adopting” a school
that provides the financial support for materials and
volunteer training.
During the 2006-2007 school year, 720 companies
donated funds to support JA’s award winning
programs, and 25 companies actually partnered with
schools to provide JA’s programs.
E.ON U.S. employee Patsy Allen celebrates a good
throw during their Chili Bowl event benefiting JA
students.
A special bond forms between schools and a
sponsoring company, and many companies back
the same schools year after year. Thanks to
organizations that provide the financial support, JA’s
in-school programs are free to students and schools
throughout Kentuckiana.
Corporate sponsors not only provide the financial
support for JA programs, but many companies also
encourage their employees to volunteer to teach JA
courses.
Hundreds Bowl for JA
It’s all for the Kids!
The Annual Bowling Classic is JA’s largest fundraiser.
But it’s even more… the Bowling Classic is an
opportunity for area companies to bowl, mingle
with co-workers and friends, and celebrate the
accomplishments of having raised money for JA kids.
And why shouldn’t they celebrate? Bowling Classic
participants are helping 40,000 students learn
about business and finance. During 2007 the JA
bowlers raised more than $175,000 to help educate
Kentuckiana children!
Several local businesses make the Bowling Classic a
company-wide event in place of the usual corporate
picnic. Organizations such as Brown-Forman and
E.ON U.S. have held their own corporate bowl for
years.
Participation in the Bowling Classic is a great
team-building event for any size business, church,
or civic group. A great example of an ambitious
and successful Bowling Classic partner is Citigroup
During the 2006 Bowling Classic, Citigroup had 22
teams bowling for JA.
One strong example of a local partnership with JA is
E.ON U.S. They have been a JA partner for decades.
The 33 volunteers who helped teach JA programs
are just one part of the E.ON story. A corporate
bowling event held for the past 12 years has provided
much needed funds to support JA’s programs (more
than $20,000 a year). Three years ago, E.ON U.S.
sponsored the “Multi-Service Center” storefront in
JA BizTown. And,
for several years they
have sponsored schools,
Business Challenge
Teams and supported
the local Business Hall
of Fame event. E.ON
is truly a stellar example
of total JA support!
Time has shown that
JA partnerships are a
win-win for all parties.
Organizations involved
with JA are proud
to serve our region’s
students with such lifechanging
programs and
the students learn skills
that will help them
succeed in a global
economy.
Students in E.ON U.S.-
sponsored Multi Service
Center check the utility
meters in JA BizTown.
For more information on partnering with JA,
call 502-561-KIDs or visit www.jaky.org.
Citigroup employees Tamara Ross, Sandy Gross,
Adam Neal, Ron Lockridge, & Mike Hall bowl for JA.
But, Citigroup wanted to make a BIG impact in
2007 and went for the gusto by recruiting twice the
number of teams. With 48 teams, Citigroup raised
almost $19,000. Their plan for 2008 is to have 52
teams, so they will fill all of Executive Strike and
Spare’s lanes!
Keep in mind, Junior Achievement is always in
need of organizations to participate in the Bowling
Classic. To be a Bowling Classic sponsor, call
Debbie Dalton, Vice President of Development,
502-569-9208. To sign up as a bowler, contact
Yvonne Clay, 502-569-9209 or visit the JA website
at www.jaky.org.